Popular Broadcaster Kwame Sefa Kayi has expressed frustration that he could not cast his ballot because his name has not been found on a list of special voters list.
This is the second time he has encountered this problem as several hundreds have been turned away from voting centers with the same problem.
The special voters are early voters who by their professional categories cannot vote on the general election day December 7. They are journalists, health professionals and security officers whose services are deemed essential on voting day hence the early opportunity.
The special voting was held last Thursday December 1 for 127,000 professionals. But after the process was gutted with problems of missing names, the EC was compelled to extend the exercise to Sunday.
At least 34,000 voters are expected to take advantage of this second window. But the problem of missing names still persists.
When Sefa Kayi, a multiple award-winning host of Accra-based Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' visited his designated voting center at Tema Community 2 polling station in the Tema West constituency he was left disappointed.
'My name has vanished' he told Francis Abaan on Joy News Sunday.
"It's not just me...there are quite a number of us out here and maybe I will go and try again on Wednesday," the disappointed Broadcaster indicated.
Dozens of security officers, media men and even the electoral commission's own officials are unable to find their names on the special voter's list despite the second day of voting.
Same problems were recorded at Amasaman, Cantonment, La Dadekotopon in Greater Accra region, Tamale Central in the Northern region as second day of special voting begins.
Some finger-pointing between the EC and security heads has already began. If a registered special voter is unable to vote, it could be the names were not sent by security officers to the EC or the sent names were not added to the special voters list or the added names are scartered in a register somewhere.
It means a voter may have to comb some polling centers to find the right voting center.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Sorryoooo, this reminds me of the bekwai Hene and his elders whose names vanished from the list after telling general kutu that he will vote yes for uninvolved but could not guarantee the votes of his people since it is secret ballot. You spoke the truth to charlotte Osei. Remember how she sought deal with nduom. Good luck for Wednesday
see this EC. when we were admonishing you to rectify some of these issues you were interested in changing logos telling us the EC needs a new face. Ghana must wake up!
And so what
If you have an incompetent leader, all his appointees become like him. For the security officers the blame should laid squrely for their leaders. But for the journalist's please spare our ears because a lot of you are coward who cannot stand up and speak against wrong doing. I don't understand why some journalist are so timid this time or is it because some are compromise? Journalism are for those who are bold and always stand for the truth. Ghanaian journalist stand up and defend mother Ghana.
Sometimes you wonder the kind of blood that flows in certain people.Chairman General is expressing his worry over his name not being in the early voters register so why the insult.You attack successful people for no reason. You can hate him or love him he has made it in life.Learn to understand peoples frustration especially attempt by incompetent EC to disenfranchised citizens of their right.
Who cares anyway. Who are u and are u better than several of those who could not vote? U npp ***barred word*** dog
Hmmm.aye asem oo aaah E.C hw can all this Tina be ..it possible when an incompetent person employs aboda incompetent bunch of ***barred word***
I don't understand why people are quick to jump to the conclusion that it is the fault of the EC if a special voter's name is missing. Could it not be that his/her name was not sent to the EC?
If u complain EC say error,oh God pls.save us this time from error President.Incompetent NDC Gov't appoint incompetent EC boss
Whom were going to vote for with your bald head....i can see ndc smelling on you....change your mind and I assure you,tour name will appear...